**7. Conclusion**

Bananas are cultivated and utilised at different stages throughout the globe because the fruit contains both therapeutic and nutritional properties. Banana is composed of a substantial amount of beneficial bioactives which are essential for health and disease prevention. Bioactive compounds (phenolics, biogenic amines and phytosterols) in bananas could be enriched through genetic engineering, while developing bio-fortified cultivars for improvement of micronutrients. Banana peel contains substantial amounts of dietary fibre and bioactives at various stages of maturation. Industrial utilisation of the fruit in variety of food products will reduce occurrence of health related diseases even as its use in genomics will mitigate the effect of micro nutrient deficiency in the body.
